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Rum Reviews
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                Foursquare Patrimonio
Background: another one of those reviews with short titles. Really, Foursquare OBs are the only rums of which age I don’t bother to indicate ... - 
          
            
              
              
              
                Port Mourant 2003 Masam, from the private stock of Silvano Samaroli (16 years)
Background: this is the second Masam rum bottling I tried, after the 1992 Hampden. I realised I had not written anything about the bottler in t... - 
          
            
              
              
              
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                Diamond Single Cask Guyana rum 2003, bottled by Bristol Spirits, Corman-Collins and The Auld Alliance (15 years)
Background: Guyana rums are confusing. There are all these stills that give very different distillates, and all these defunct distilleries thro... - 
          
            
              
              
              
                Diamond Distillery Pot Still Cask Strength 2004, bottled by Hunter Laing under the Kill Devil label (12 years)
Background: so, I was forced into a partial lockdown before I could retrieve some precious bottles from my office. I had no choice but to order... - 
          
            
              
              
              
                MaD's Fortitude 2007 Foursquare Distillery Barbados Rum, Man and Dram
“Madness” arguably encapsulates the world of fine (and I suppose, some not so fine) spirits these days. Heck it could be applied to near everything... - 
          
            
              
              
              
                Jamaican HD 1992, HLCF, Hampden Estate, Jamaica, 29 Years Old, 60.2% ABV
@nobilisrum is a relatively new Danish independent bottler that began releasing their first rums in late-2020. They made quite an impression wi... - 
          
            
              
              
              
                Edition #1, 12 Months, 59.6% ABV, Ninefold Distillery Rum, Scotland
Scotland isn’t a place we’d usually associate with rum in today’s context, although in a different era, Port Glasgow served as one of the gatew... - 
          
            
              
              
              
                J. Bally 18 ans, bottle by Corman-Collins and The Auld Alliance (18 years)
Background: my second rhum agricole, this time from J. Bally, a brand known for their vintage releases, something really quite rare among rum O... - 
          
            
              
              
              
                Neisson Rhum Agricole Vieux 12 Ans d'Age (12 years)
Background: my first rhum agricole. What else to start with but the Rolls-Royce of rum brands? EDIT: This is a blend of distillates from 2004, ... - 
          
            
              
              
              
                Long Pond Distillery Special Reserve 1941, bottled by Silver Seal (58 years)
Background: as far as age goes, this is probably unsurpassed. 58 years of cask influence to the dunder-y Jamaican distillate of singular charac... - 
          
            
              
              
              
                1977 Jamaican Rum "Overproof" by Berry Bros. & Rudd (36 years)
Background: A Berry Bros. & Rudd bottling of Jamaican rum of unknown provenance. Among the oldest (in both sense of the word) Jamaican rum ... 
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